By OGUWIKE NWACHUKU AT the end of its first quarterly meeting in Owerri recently, precisely on April 13, 2023, members of the Imo State Council of Elders took a far reaching decision that would go a long way in stabilising the political dynamics and soothing frayed nerves in the state. For the benefit of those […]

By Dickson Omobola                                          Strong indications have emerged that the Special Assistant to the President on Ecology during the administration of President Olusegun Obasanjo, Chief Martin Agbaso is the most favoured to clinch the governorship ticket of the Labour Party (LP) for Imo State. The primary election is scheduled to hold tomorrow in Owerri, the Imo […]

The national leadership of the Labour Party has expressed shock over the Invasion and Occupation of its Secretariat in Owerri, the Imo State capital on Monday, by the agents of Imo the state Governor, Hope Uzodimma.

The presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Peter Obi, has emerged the winner of the presidential election held in Imo state on Saturday. 

…says our leaders, candidates no longer safe …seeks IG’s intervention over denial of police protection John Alechenu, Abuja The National Chairman of the Labour Party, Barrister Julius Abure has decried the upsurge in the spate of assassinations of its party leaders and candidates across Nigeria. Abure described the situation as not only worrisome but also […]

Hoodlums on Monday morning attacked and burnt the Imo state headquarters of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, located along Port Harcourt road in Owerri.

By Biodun Busari Imo State Governor, Hope Uzodinma received the presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Peter Obi in Owerri, the state capital on Tuesday. Obi was in Imo for the flag-off of the Labour Party’s presidential campaign. Read also: I’m not interested in calling others names, Atiku’s my elder — Peter Obi LP made […]

As residents of Anambra State were still weighing in on the likely impact of Governor Chukwuma Soludo’s weekend visit to the detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, Nnamdi Kanu, gunmen struck in three locations in parts of the state yesterday.

Top operators of over 150 illegal oil refineries between the forests of Abaezi and Abacheke communities in Ohaji/Egbema local government area of Imo State with boundary with Rivers State, yesterday, abandoned their sites after the Imo State government had declared one Okenze Onyewoke wanted, after linking him with the Abaezi illegal oil refinery that exploded and killed over 100 lives and damaged vehicles Friday night.

By Egufe Yafugborhi, Port Harcourt Over 100 persons were fear roasted in an explosion that rocked illegal refinery sites in the boundary between Imo and Rivers states. Fyneface Dumnamene, Executive Director, Youths and Environmental Advocacy Centre (YEAC) who broke the news to Vanguard said the incident may have occurred at Abacheka, Ogba/Egbema/Ndoni Local Government Area […]

By Chinonso Alozie Commercial and transport activities on Monday were shut down in Imo state. Vanguard observed in Owerri Metropolis that also movements of goods and services were closed over the sit-at-home order. It was gathered that the shops, banks, and markets along the streets of Owerri-Port Harcourt, Owerri-Aba, Owerri-Okigwe, and Owerri-Onitsha roads were all […]

Unknown gunmen early hours of Saturday bombed the house of the President General of Ohanaeze Ndigbo, Worldwide, Professor George Obiozor, in Awo- Omamma in Oru East Local Government Area of Imo State, using Improvised Explosives Devices, IED and petrol bombs.

The Imo State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Tuesday, alleged that the All Progressives Congress, APC, has unleashed violence on leaders of the PDP and is plotting to abduct some of their leaders ahead of the Ngor Okpala by-election scheduled for Saturday

Eminent Igbo traditional and religious leaders, on Monday, said most people now perceive Imo state as a ‘war zone’ known for violence.

Traditional rulers and representatives of religious leaders in the South-East have decried the hostilities in Imo State and urged politicians to de-escalate the violence and tension to save the state.